India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Sl.No
State/UT
Fisheries Cooperative Societies Allocated for formation as FFPOs
1
Andhra Pradesh
182
2
Goa
4
3
Maharashtra
316
4
Gujarat
146
5
Karnataka
62
6
Kerala
124
7
Odisha
21
8
Tamil Nadu
105
9
West Bengal
40
Total
1000
Sl.No.
Name of the Project
Organization Name
NCDC-Regional Office
Central Share eligible (Rs. in lakh)
1
Establishment of an lntegrated Fish Farming unit with Duck & Goat at Motihari District of Bihar (Block Cost Rs. 96.48 lakh)
Matsya Kisan Utpadak Sangathan
Sahakari Samiti Limited
Patna, Bihar
38.79
2
Value Addition of Fish and Development of Supply Chain Marketing, Bibwewadi, Pune, Maharashtra (Block Cost Rs. 88.12 lakh)
Universal Schedule Caste Matsya ShetkariUtpadak Sah. Sanstha Ltd
Pune, Maharashtra
50.00
3
The Integrated Reservoir Development, Soldhara, Navsari, Gujarat (Block Cost Rs. 48.74 lakh)
Gujarat Fish Farmers Producers cooperative society Limited
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
48.74
4
Value Addition of Fish and Development of Supply Chain Marketing, Arnala, Palghar, Maharashtra (Block Cost Rs. 88.34 lakh)
Maharashtra Zilla Ekveera Fisheries and Farming Organisation
Pune, Maharashtra
50.00
5
Proposal of Start-up activity of value addition of fish & development of cold chain supply market at block cost of Rs. 77.00 lakh under start-up activities of central component of PMMSY scheme
Kashi Srijan BahuuddesiyaSahkari Samiti Limited
Lucknow,
38.50
Sl.No.
Name of State/UTs
No of Registered FFPOs
1
Madhya Pradesh
5
2
Jharkhand
1
3
Odisha
6
4
Uttar Pradesh
2
5
Maharashtra
5
6
Jammu & Kashmir
2
7
Himachal Pradesh
1
8
Ladakh
1
9
Chhattisgarh
1
10
Gujarat
4
11
Daman and Diu
2
12
Bihar
6
13
Manipur
2
14
Meghalaya
1
15
Assam
1
16
Mizoram
1
17
Tripura
1
18
Telangana
2
19
Andhra Pradesh
7
20
Tamil Nadu
6
21
Uttarakhand
5
22
West Bengal
1
23
Kerala
4
24
Karnataka
3
Total
70
Sl.No
Name of the FFPO in Andhra Pradesh
District
Block
1
Kurnool Sri Matsyanarayana Fish Farmers Producers MACS Ltd.
Kurnool
Gudur
2
Nandyala Sri Matsyanarayana Fish Farmers Producers MACS Ltd.
Nandyala
Panyam
3
Ananthapuram Sri Matsya Narayana Fish Farmer Producers MACS Ltd.
Anantapur
Pamidi
4
Jalapushpa Fish Farmers Producers MACS Ltd.
SPSR Nellore
Kavali
5
Prakasam Coastal Marine Fish Farmers Producers MACS Ltd.
Prakasam
Singarayakonda
6
Siva Shakthi Fish Farmers Producers Mutually Aided Cooperative Society Ltd.
Sri Balaji
Thada
7
Jai Surya Fish Farmers Producers Mutually Aided Cooperative Society Ltd.
Bapatla
Bapatla
S. No.
Name of the District
No. of PFCS
1
Anakapalli
2
2
Ananthapuram
4
3
Bapatla
11
4
Chittoor
2
5
Konaseema
34
6
East Godavari
12
7
Eluru
18
8
Guntur
6
9
Kakinada
10
10
Krishna
7
11
Kurnool
3
12
Nandyal
1
13
NTR
1
14
Palnadu
2
15
PVP Manyam
5
16
Prakasam
3
17
SPSR Nellore
6
18
Sri Satya Sai
1
19
Srikakulam
19
20
Tirupati
5
21
Vishakhapatnam
3
22
Vizianagaram
6
23
West Godavari
20
24
YSR Kadapa
1
25
ASR
0
26
Annamayya
0
Total
182
Uttar Pradesh
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) implemented by this Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying inter-alia provides for setting up Fish Farmers Producer Organizations/Companies (FFPOs/Cs) to economically empower the fishers and fish farmers and enhance their bargaining power. The Department of Fisheries, Government of India in March, 2023 has accorded approval to the proposal of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for formation of 1000 existing primary fisheries cooperatives in Coastal States/UTS into Fish Farmer Producer Organisation (FFPOs) at a total cost of Rs.225.50 crore with 100 percent Central financial assistance under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). State/UT-wise details of 1000 Primary Fisheries Cooperative Societies (PFCS) allocated for formation as FFPOs under PMMSY are furnished below:
The Central grant to the each FFPO is provided in the form of formation and Incubation Cost, Management Cost and Equity Grant under PMMSY. In addition, NCDC also provides concessional finance and technical assistance to FFPOs. The details of total financial assistances provided to FFPOs by NCDC as reported by NCDC are furnished at Annexure-I.
(d) and (e) : In addition, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India in March, 2023 has also accorded approval to another proposal of NCDC for formation of 70 new Fish Farmers Producer Organisation(FFPOs) across the country at a cost of Rs.37.80 crore with 100% central grant. This includes formation of seven new FFPOs in the Andhra Pradesh. State-wise details of the 70 new FFPOs registered including that of Andhra Pradesh are furnished at Annexure-II. The District-wise details of number of FFPOs promoted, formed and supported by NCDC in Andhra Pradesh is furnished at Annexure-III.
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